Panera Bread reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,785 total reviews)
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Paul Carbone

40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Panera Bread has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 18,785 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Panera Bread employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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19K reviews
3.0
Dec 30, 2012

A good first-time job.

Recommend
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Pros

Great way to improves skills with customer service.

Cons

The pay is horrible, the management team is unstable and concentrates on "meal upgrades", "my panera", and "mind share" to the point where it makes the job experience unbearable.

2.0
Dec 20, 2012

Just walk away

Recommend
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Pros

You get free food as manager

Cons

They claim they are all about quality of life, and that's how they hook you. You work ridiculous hours, you may leave at midnight and have to be back at 5am. If you have a catering order you may have to be in at 2am. You work a million hours and you are never at a store that is close to where you live.

1.0
Dec 16, 2012

not the greatest

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

panera typicallly has wonderful regulars who genuinely care about how you are doing

Cons

poor advancement. they expect perfection for minimum wage. if you do get a raise its generally after you've worked for the company for years and its usually ten cents.

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